I found an REO my 85 year old Mom wants to buy in lieu of getting a place in FL. It is closer.  I finally got in touch with the listing agent and he said he could get me a good deal if I went with him. I was not comfo...

Hello everyone!! My name is Travis. I've been browsing these forums for a while as well as doing my own reading/research about real estate investing for quite a while. My wife and I have decided to do this as a side...

Everything I read so far has the 2 terms separated, yet they both seem to mean the same thing - seller keeps the loan, you put the property in land trust and assign yourself as beneficiary. You make payments to the se...

In the past year, I have purchased two properties in the state of Connecticut, but am yet to form an LLC, which I would like to do ASAP obviously for a number of reasons. I have put 25% down on both properties with a ...

Let me start off by saying that I have no previous real-estate experience.
I am 24 years old, $50k net worth, $50k yearly salary. I am looking to buy my own place and live in it. Eventually I want to turn it into a r...

There are many properties for sale in my region, but may not cash flow. Here is an example (remember that this is California)

$140k for 1,400 sq ft
3 bedroom, 2 bath
Rental rate = $1,250 a month

At 20% down, that w...

Last week, I posted a question about a somewhat complicated legal issue surrounding a DOT that was part of my father's estate that never got recorded, then the debtor/prior owner was able to go back, refi the property...

Hi All,My 61-year old father recently signed a lease with a 40-year-old Russian woman who had recently moved to America on a tourist visa and started working illegally ((he did not find this out at the time). She move...

The full story is on Bloomberg.com here: Zillow wants to flip your house should you want to read all the details.For those with TLDR syndrome the gist of it is:Zillow has now joined the ranks of high tech real estate ...

I have a year left on my lease and I have not missed a payment to owner even though she was in default. Will I be kicked out the day after the auction if someone buys it? I'm worried the sheriff will lock me out and I...